Emily of Deep Valley by Mitali Perkins

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Emily of Deep Valley Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Reprint edition (October 12, 2010) by Mitali Perkins


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

A word from Mitali: Who In The World Is Mitali Perkins?

That's a good question. I've been trying to figure it out myself, spending most of my life crossing borders.

I was born Mitali Bose in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, and always tried to live up to my name—which means “friendly” in the Bangla language. I had to! Because my family moved so much, it was the only way I could make new friends.

By the time I was 11, I'd lived in Ghana, Cameroon, London, New York and Mexico before settling in California just in time for middle school. Yep, I was the new kid again, in seventh grade, the year everybody barely makes it through.

My biggest lifeline during those early years was story. Books were my rock, my stability, my safe place as I navigated the border between California suburbia and the Bengali culture of my traditional home.

After studying political science at Stanford and public policy at U.C. Berkeley, I taught in middle school, high school and college. When I began to write fiction, my protagonists were often—not surprisingly—strong female characters trying to bridge different cultures.

Mitali Perkins is the author of several books for young people, including SECRET KEEPER (Random House), MONSOON SUMMER (Random House), RICKSHAW GIRL (Charlesbridge), and the FIRST DAUGHTER books (Dutton).

ABOUT THE BOOK

Often cited as Maud Hart Lovelace’s (of Betsy-Tacy fame) best novel, Emily of Deep Valley is now back in print, with a new foreword by acclaimed young adult author Mitali Perkins and new archival material about the characters’ real lives.

Emily Webster, an orphan living with her grandfather, is not like the other girls her age in Deep Valley, Minnesota. The gulf between Emily and her classmates widens even more when they graduate from Deep Valley High School in 1912. Emily longs to go off to college with everyone else, but she can’t leave her grandfather. Emily resigns herself to facing a “lost winter,” but soon decides to stop feeling sorry for herself. And with a new program of study, a growing interest in the Syrian community, and a handsome new teacher at the high school to fill her days, Emily gains more than she ever dreamed...

In addition to her beloved Betsy-Tacy books, Maud Hart Lovelace wrote three more stories set in the fictional town of Deep Valley: Winona’s Pony Cart, Carney’s House Party and Emily of Deep Valley. Longtime fans and new readers alike will be delighted to find the Deep Valley books available again for the first time in many years.

If you would like to browse inside Emily of Deep Valley, go HERE.

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The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0062003305

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The code for this post is: <div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a></div><center><span style="font-size: 130%;">This week, the</span></center> <center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size: 100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center> <center><span style="font-size: 100%;">is introducing</span></center> <center><span style="color: #993300; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0062003305">Emily of Deep Valley</a></span></center> <center>Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Reprint edition (October 12, 2010)</center> <center>by</center> <center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.mitaliperkins.com/">Mitali Perkins</a></span></center> <br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 100%;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8XPUhdBtHYrrGCUByTQbja0z0RtwnaFO9hkXDk8Qu3-i-QZW9DjmoNzawktK6VmMIrX6AaZYj9Wo6zYzYiYvbFkEY-KHQ2jmLqsJgDXvD-bfxKBOOuqDJ7W3OMg2bPKThr35oQ/s1600/Mitali.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8XPUhdBtHYrrGCUByTQbja0z0RtwnaFO9hkXDk8Qu3-i-QZW9DjmoNzawktK6VmMIrX6AaZYj9Wo6zYzYiYvbFkEY-KHQ2jmLqsJgDXvD-bfxKBOOuqDJ7W3OMg2bPKThr35oQ/s200/Mitali.jpg" width="166" /></a></div><b>A word from Mitali:</b> Who In The World Is Mitali Perkins?<br /> <br /> That's a good question. I've been trying to figure it out myself, spending most of my life crossing borders.<br /> <br /> I was born Mitali Bose in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, and always tried to live up to my name—which means “friendly” in the Bangla language. I had to! Because my family moved so much, it was the only way I could make new friends.<br /> <br /> By the time I was 11, I'd lived in Ghana, Cameroon, London, New York and Mexico before settling in California just in time for middle school. Yep, I was the new kid again, in seventh grade, the year everybody barely makes it through.<br /> <br /> My biggest lifeline during those early years was story. Books were my rock, my stability, my safe place as I navigated the border between California suburbia and the Bengali culture of my traditional home. <br /> <br /> After studying political science at Stanford and public policy at U.C. Berkeley, I taught in middle school, high school and college. When I began to write fiction, my protagonists were often—not surprisingly—strong female characters trying to bridge different cultures.<br /> <br /> Mitali Perkins is the author of several books for young people, including <i>SECRET KEEPER</i> (Random House), <i>MONSOON SUMMER</i> (Random House), <i>RICKSHAW GIRL</i> (Charlesbridge), and the <i>FIRST DAUGHTER</i> books (Dutton). <br /> <br /> <b><span style="color: #ffcc00; font-size: 100%;">ABOUT THE BOOK</span></b> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSjfv4xezWZej15q97XVBzYcd_FDkSzTS0acCwMPdHDYnxJJtxZVnLts_AiUeBvrmrzbHuD6lG0QhYncqpocdnqjaoA3q3ssMlysO4eGG90loNU3PTm9l269dPTdfL9dBfrd0QA/s1600/Emily+of+Deep+Valley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSjfv4xezWZej15q97XVBzYcd_FDkSzTS0acCwMPdHDYnxJJtxZVnLts_AiUeBvrmrzbHuD6lG0QhYncqpocdnqjaoA3q3ssMlysO4eGG90loNU3PTm9l269dPTdfL9dBfrd0QA/s1600/Emily+of+Deep+Valley.jpg" /></a></div>Often cited as Maud Hart Lovelace’s (of Betsy-Tacy fame) best novel, Emily of Deep Valley is now back in print, with a new foreword by acclaimed young adult author Mitali Perkins and new archival material about the characters’ real lives.<br /> <br /> Emily Webster, an orphan living with her grandfather, is not like the other girls her age in Deep Valley, Minnesota. The gulf between Emily and her classmates widens even more when they graduate from Deep Valley High School in 1912. Emily longs to go off to college with everyone else, but she can’t leave her grandfather. Emily resigns herself to facing a “lost winter,” but soon decides to stop feeling sorry for herself. And with a new program of study, a growing interest in the Syrian community, and a handsome new teacher at the high school to fill her days, Emily gains more than she ever dreamed...<br /> <br /> In addition to her beloved Betsy-Tacy books, Maud Hart Lovelace wrote three more stories set in the fictional town of Deep Valley: <i>Winona’s Pony Cart</i>, <i>Carney’s House Party</i> and <i>Emily of Deep Valley</i>. Longtime fans and new readers alike will be delighted to find the Deep Valley books available again for the first time in many years.<br /> <br /> If you would like to browse inside <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0062003305">Emily of Deep Valley</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2010/11/emily-of-deep-valley-chapter-1.html">HERE</a>.

Mitali can be reached through the Contact link on her Website.

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